TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  APRIL 2000  TO APRIL 2001
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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             MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP               April 2000    |    July 2000    |  October 2000   |   January 2001   |    April 2001
                                             Number   Percent | Number  Percent | Number  Percent |  Number  Percent |  Number   Percent
                                             ('000)           | ('000)          | ('000)          |  ('000)          |  ('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                          27,209   100.0    27,093   100.0    27,775   100.0     28,087    100.0     29,160   100.0

 Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry             9,845    36.2     9,855    36.4    10,401    37.4     10,252     36.5     10,915    37.4
 Industry                                      4,542    16.7     4,430    16.4     4,444    16.0       4,677    16.7      4,786    16.4
     Mining and Quarrying                        112     0.4       106     0.4       106     0.4        118      0.4         99     0.3
     Manufacturing                             2,758    10.1     2,715    10.0     2,792    10.1      2,884     10.3      2,912    10.0
     Electricity Gas and Water                   140     0.5       116     0.4       116     0.4        116      0.4        124     0.4
     Construction                              1,532     5.6     1,493     5.5     1,430     5.1      1,559      5.6      1,651     5.7
 Services                                     12,816    47.1    12,796    47.2    12,925    46.5      13,158    46.8     13,458    46.2
     Wholesale and Retail Trade*               4,486    16.5     4,412    16.3     4,587    16.5      4,956     17.6      5,250    18.0
     Transport, Storage and  Communication     1,960     7.2     2,003     7.4     2,024     7.3      2,078      7.4      2,108     7.2
     Financing, Insurance, Real Estate
        and Business Services                   727      2.7       709     2.6       678     2.4         773     2.8        783     2.7
     Community, Social and Personal Services  5,643     20.7     5,672    20.9     5,636    20.3       5,351    19.1      5,317    18.2
 Industry Not Adequately Defined                  5      0.0       12      0.0        4      0.0          -       -          -       -

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 Note: Estimates for all quarters use the 1995 Census-based Population Projection.
 * Estimates for 2001 include Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles, Personal and Household Goods

 Source:  Labor Force Survey
          Income and Employment Statistics Division
          Household Statistics Department
          National Statistics Office
          Republic of the Philippines